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Research achievements during the ~5 months of the grant included: - travel to present and interact with international collaborators at the 5th International Whale Shark Conferences in Exmouth, Western Australia; - planning meetings with international collaborators for global sample procurement and analysis; - reconnaissance field work at the whale shark aggregation at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia; - procurement of supplies and equipment for field sampling and laboratory analysis; and - collation of whale shark samples for compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids.
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